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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What a fabulous launch event we had this morning for the @worcesteruni.bsky.social 80th Anniversary exhibition! Wonderful talks from veteran alumni staff Rod Coveney & Janet Parry. The warmth of feeling for the university is palpable. Such joy in reliving through the archive, & a privilege curating

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’m creating and curating this ⬇️ Inspired for Life: An Exhibition for the 80th Anniversary of the University of Worcester @worcesteruni.bsky.social 28/9 - 9/10, at #TheHive, #Worcester. Starting in 1946 as an Emergency Teacher Training College, we’ve come a long way! Come and visit the exhibition!

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

#FridayFeeling Some of the #hedgerow delights in rural #Worcestershire today: hawthorn, red dead-nettle, garlic mustard, white nettle

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Great talk last night @thehiveworcs.bsky.social given by Angie Butler tinyurl.com/fzmd6fjt on letterpress, embodied practice, collaboration: artists making & printing books

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Really engaging afternoon in the #archaeology dept @exeter.ac.uk as part of the @UKRI #RICHeS programme #HeritageScience is a gateway to various understandings of material culture! Fascinating to hear about the @prizepapers.bsky.social, and all the science!

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Had a fantastic time last night at the 1986-1989 Year Gaudy. So great to be back @lincoln.ox.ac.uk and meet up with old acquaintances!

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Church of SS Peter & Paul, Rock, Worcs #romanesque corbels on N side & also where main doorway is. Several paired corbels, a few animals & possibly some human representations. A few of those ‘not arrow-sharpening’ grooves on the lower walls, too.

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Great day yesterday setting up the new #basketball display cabinet @ #UniversityofWorcesterArena, ready for the #NationalBasketballHeritageCollection (NBHC) celebration event today! The main NBHC is held #TheHive #Worcester

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Delighted to share I’m starting a new role as #SpecialCollections & #Archives Librarian at the #UniversityofWorcester! Creating a new University archive will be both challenging & deeply rewarding. Looking forward to re/connecting with alumni old & new, hearing those stories, seeing the photos!

Single storey 1940s buildings with Crittall windows of original Worcester teacher training college

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Just the best time at #Icepops2025! Such lovely people, all with a passion for copyright! Held at the wonderful #JohnRylandsResearchInstituteandLibrary @uomlibrary.bsky.social Thank you @jsecker.bsky.social & @cbowiemorrison.bsky.social for organising it all! @copyrightliteracy.bsky.social 😊

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

In raptures finding this wall today - Castle Place, #Worcester

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Goodbye from #darts9! Thank you to all our amazing speakers and delegates - it’s been a superb conference!

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

@ducollections.bsky.social Special Collections are a key part of the research infrastructure #StuartHunt #darts9

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

#StuartHunt is our post-prandial speaker #darts9 ‘From Research Enabler to Researcher’ @durhamuniversity Flourish@Durham creates more ownership at institutional level for open scholarship

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

@drbeth.bsky.social just starting her workshop Leading Research Practitioners: Support Where It Is Needed. #darts9

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Many challenges to being a practitioner researcher @alicecann.bsky.social but huge personal, institutional (and beyond) benefits #darts9

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

@alicecann.bsky.social was transformed by the experience of the #RLUK Research Catalyst Cohort, in creating her self-identity as a ‘researcher librarian’ & developing as an evidence synthesis librarian. #darts9

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

@alicecann.bsky.social talking about being a researcher librarian. As a result of her journey, she now sees herself as a teaching-led researcher. Experience & growth in self-perception / -confidence 💚 #darts9

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Day 2 begins! #TimWales talking about publishing #darts9 Tip no1: start small (eg internal newsletters); no2: be bold (seize opportunities to publish in bigger publications); no3: write & publish a case study

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Goodnight from #darts9 after a beautiful evening filled with excellent food, wine & conversation.

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

We’ve had a fab first half day at #darts9 and still the drinks reception & dinner to come yet today! If lunch is anything to go by, dinner will be superb 🩷 Just time to go for a pre-drinks walk in the lovely grounds #StantonHouseHotel

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

#gilliansiddall speaking about visual research using participatory photography / photovoice #darts9

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

#KimDavis pointing out possible outputs that can involve practice-based research material #darts9

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

#CatherineDack & #KimDavis “Should librarians do research?” Yes! RLUK Research Catalyst Cohort Programme #darts9

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

There’s never nothing you can do; it’s not just about leadership - being a first (or 2nd or 3rd) follower is crucial. Lizzie Gadd #darts9

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Our wonderful keynote speaker #drlizziegadd on her journey out of the library

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

A gentle start to our conference with coffee and pastries this morning at registration #darts9 We are loving the venue!

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

And I am here! Looking forward to all the great shenanigans we have lined up over the next two days! But first a good night’s kip! #darts9 @cilip-arlg.bsky.social #ResearchLibrariansRock

A large double bed with golden headboard and golden coverlet & cushions, green carpet, chair with green dressing table

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Great to be at @worcesteruni.bsky.social’s 3rd years’ student conference, School of Sport & Exercise Science, with our small display from the National #Basketball Heritage Collection with my fab colleague Katy Small. Original tickets from 1948 Olympics, & #JohnAtkinson, #GordonCole material

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Such opulence at Sacred Heart & St Catherine of Alexandria RC church #Droitwich. Original drawings for the mosaics by #GabrielPippet currently being conserved by Worcs County Archives

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Wonderful experience visiting #Elmfield #RudolfSteiner school recently in #Stourbridge. Heart, head, hand - & plenty of soul! 💚

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

On #IWD I discovered Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry, #NTMountStewart, N.Ireland, who founded the Women’s Legion in 1915.

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Great to be wfh in #Belfast today @premierinn.bsky.social #TitanicQuarter has a lot more building work going on - further hotels, but have to question the impact on a sense of place, loss of #heritage feel this brings.

New high-rise buildings in process of being built by Belfast marina

Belfast marina building with marina and harbour in front, boats, and mountains in distance

Round table with iPad, notebooks and textbooks, with pens, and a chair

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

So enjoyed the #VernacularArchitectureGroup conference on pioneers in the field at the weekend. Left with a list of things to follow up, including requesting Christopher Stell’s superb 1960 MA thesis to be digitised @livunilibrary.bsky.social

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Very much looking forward to the #VernacularArchitectureGroup winter conference coming up this weekend in Leicester. www.vag.org.uk/images/winte...

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Loving being @uksg.bsky.social Forum again! Such a friendly group of #librarians, discussing what our world in HE might be in 2030. AI, skills, linked metadata, OA publishing opportunities, greater collaboration betw publishers, libraries & 3rd party aggregators, equitable publishing & more! Fab! 📚

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

As if the gig last night @TheHive @WorcsArchSoc wasn’t good enough already, #JamesWright @jpwarchaeology gave me a copy of his superb book. Go buy it! #archaeology #buildings

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 25/08/2024

In my role as librarian for the National Basketball Heritage Collection held at #TheHive #Worcester, I’ve been to visit the late #RickWooldridge’s lovely wife & granddaughter to accept some of Rick’s #basketball memorabilia #TorbayTigers 📚

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

Today, on the Feast of the Assumption, Mass is held at the Rotherwas Chapel, Hereford in keeping with its #Catholic history & private chapel of the #Bodenham family. C16th with earlier origins. Extension & restoration by EW #Pugin 1860s; further C20th restoration. Tudor hammer beam roof.

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Dr Theresa Oakley @archaetexts.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

How I like my weekends: The Darkness at The Halls, Wolverhampton; really interesting pub/gardens at Hundred House Hotel, Norton; and quick visit to the sumptuous Arts & Crafts Wightwick Manor

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